On August 11, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied a motion to dismiss a California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) class action lawsuit filed against ConverseNow Technologies, Inc. ConverseNow offers restaurants an AI-powered virtual assistant to process and manage customer phone calls, drive-thru orders, and text messaging conversations. In
Dark Skies for Small Businesses Caught in Social Media Net
A new Mississippi law, known as the Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act, has prompted several companies to block Mississippi IP addresses from accessing their platforms. In fact, social media company Bluesky posted a response to the enactment of the law on its website. Bluesky explained the decision to make their app unavailable to Mississippi
Pseudonymised data could fall outside data protection law – introducing the “means reasonably likely” assessment
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has delivered its judgment on case C 413/23 P European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) v Single Resolution Board (SRB). The CJEU has confirmed that pseudonymised data will not be personal data in all cases. This will be a welcome confirmation for innovative uses of data, including training AI models. The question
New CCPA Rules: What Businesses Need to Know
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AI Notetaking Tools Under Fire: Lessons from the Otter.ai Class Action Complaint
The rapid adoption of AI notetaking and transcription tools has transformed how organizations (and individuals) capture, analyze, and share meeting and other content. But as these technologies expand, so too do the legal and compliance risks. A recent putative class action lawsuit filed in federal court in California against Otter.ai, a leading provider of AI
State Privacy and AI Law Updates – A Live Legal Briefing You Won’t Want to Miss
Date: September 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT
Format: Live Video
Duration: 1 Hour
Description: With limited federal regulation on consumer protection, data privacy, and AI, states are stepping in, creating a patchwork of laws that vary widely in scope and enforcement. While California and Colorado set high standards, other states like Maryland, Minnesota, and Oregon are
Explain yourself: The legal requirements governing explainability
Agentic AI brings the promise of AI making a range of decisions autonomously. It has been proposed as the way forward for some of the most impactful decisions in our lives: interacting with customers and actioning requests, triaging requests for medical appointments, and hiring candidates — to name a few.
But many of the models
Colorado Legislature Passes a Five-Month Delay for Colorado’s AI Act
Late yesterday afternoon, Colorado’s House of Representatives passed, in a 48-14 vote, a bill that delays the in-force date for Colorado’s landmark 2024 AI law (CO Rev Stat §§ 6-1-1701 — 6-1-1707 (COAIA)) until June 30, 2026. After first voting in favor of an amendment delaying the in-force date until October 1, 2026,
Colorado Delays AI Act Compliance: What Lawyers and Business Leaders Need to Know
Key point: During Colorado’s legislative special session, which aimed to address budgetary shortfalls resulting from this year’s federal appropriations act, lawmakers approved a delay in the Colorado AI Act’s effective dates.